Asturias autonomous basketball team

The Asturias autonomous basketball team is the basketball team of Asturias, Spain. The team is not affiliated to FIBA, so only plays friendly games.

Asturias

National federation	Basketball Federation of the Principality of Asturias
Coach	Joaquín Prado Arturo Álvarez
Home
First international
Asturias 55–69 Ivory Coast (Luanco, Spain; 28 July 2009)

History

Asturias only played one friendly game in its history. It was on 2009 at Luanco and it was defeated by Côte d'Ivoire. ACB player Saúl Blanco only could play one minute for avoiding him a possible injury due to his call up to the Spain national basketball team.

Roster

Asturias basketball team.

This was the roster of the Asturias team for the 2009 game.

Asturias Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C Armando Álvarez – CB Ciutadella SF Saúl Blanco 24 – (1985-05-15)15 May 1985 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Baloncesto Fuenlabrada C Orlando Camín 30 – (1978-12-18)18 December 1978 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) CB Granada PF Dani González 24 – (1984-10-26)26 October 1984 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Gijón Baloncesto SF Adrián Macía 33 – (1976-07-02)2 July 1976 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Oviedo CB PF Héctor Macía 31 – (1977-09-24)24 September 1977 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Oviedo CB PG David Pérez 25 – (1983-09-01)1 September 1983 Côte d'Azur Basket SF Hugo Rodríguez 33 – (1976-02-29)29 February 1976 CB Santa Pola PF Javier Rodríguez – Oviedo CB PF Diego Sánchez 33 – (1975-12-26)26 December 1975 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Bàsquet Manresa C Manu Sánchez 28 – (1981-05-11)11 May 1981 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) CB Chantada PG Rubén Suárez 31 – (1978-01-14)14 January 1978 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Gijón Baloncesto	Head coach Joaquín Prado Arturo Álvarez Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes pro club during the 2008–09 season

Games played

Asturias v Ivory Coast

28 July 2009	Asturias	55–69	Ivory Coast	Luanco
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 7–20, 12–21, 20–16, 16–12
	Pts: J. Rodríguez 12	Report	Pts: Koné, N'Diaye 10	Arena: Polideportivo Jenaro Fernández Diego Attendance: 700 Referees: González Díaz, Martínez Prada

External links

• Asturian Federation website